Guam Administrative Code

§ 9216. Required Letters and Numbering Size. Except as provided in § 9213, § 9220, or § 9222 letters and numbers painted or to be painted on any vehicle licensed or to be licensed as a taxicab shall be Gothic in style, three inches (3”) minimum and five inches (5”) maximum in hei…

§ 9217. Signs Approved Before This Act. Taxicabs with a tradename or sign insignia approved for use on or before this act may continue to use such tradename or sign insignia.

§ 9218. Color Restrictions: White on Dark/Black on Light. Taxicabs having the vehicle body exterior painted a dark color shall have the signs and numbers painted white. Taxicabs having the vehicle body exterior painted a light color (yellow, red, etc.), shall have the signs paint…

§ 9219. Driver Number: Display Requirements. In the event that a taxicab is owned by a taxi company and the company tradename has been painted on the front door (as required under Paragraphs 2, 3 and 4), the driver’s number of the person who will be driving the taxicab shall be d…

§ 9220. Color Band Option: Taxi Company. Every taxicab company having a fleet of ten (10) or more taxicabs shall submit an application to the Director for assignment and approval of a color band scheme. This color scheme shall be of a shade assigned by the Director, eight inches …

§ 9221. Color Band Option: Company Name. The taxi company tradename (DBA) shall be painted within the color band providing at least one inch (1’) space between the six inches (6” maximum size) letters and the inside edge of the color band.…

§ 9222. Driver Number: Use of. Every taxicab company using or planning to use the practice of assigning taxicab unit numbers, shall use the taxicab driver’s number of taxicab license plate (T-plates) number for this purpose.

§ 9223. Color Band Option: Director’s Approval Required. The Director shall approve each request for the use of a color band scheme by a taxicab company providing that: (a) the taxicab company has a fleet of ten (10) or more taxicabs; (b) that the color requested and approved has…

§ 9224. Color Band Option: Restrictions. No color band scheme shall be used by a taxicab operating as an independently operated taxicab.

§ 9225. Sign Display: Approved by Director. No lettering, sign display, advertising or advertising devices shall be used on any taxicab without the approval of the Director.

§ 9226. Color Band Option: Installation Within 30 Days. Within thirty (30) days after the approval of the color band scheme or taxi company tradename, the owner or taxicab company operator shall 16 COL9292016 cause the painting or installation of the assigned company insignia on …

§ 9227. Surrender Taxi Plate. Immediately upon removing the vehicle from service as a taxicab, the registered owner shall remove the license plates (T-plates) from the vehicle and return it to the Motor Vehicle Division of the Department.…

§ 9228. Remove All Sign Displays. Immediately upon removing the vehicle from service as a taxicab, the registered owner or operator shall remove or paint out all distinctive portions of any authorized sign display.

§ 9229. Abbreviation Prohibited. No abbreviations of the owner, lessee or taxi company’s name shall be used by any person as a sign display.

§ 9230. Taxi Rates - Charges. Every taxicab owner, taxi company or driver, who owns or has control over any taxicab, shall assess a passenger-for-hire the following rates, fares or charges: (a) FLAG DOWN RATE (good for first 1/2 mile) (b) Every additional 1/4mile thereafter (c) F…

§ 9231. Posting of Fares - Design, Size. The schedule of taxicab fares and charges prescribed in Subchapter D hereof shall be four (4) inches wide by six inches (6) in height, printed in Gothic style letters and numbers not less than 3/8 inch in size. This schedule of taxicab far…

§ 9232. Taxi Fare Card: Tampering Prohibited. NO PERSON SHALL ALTER, REMOVE FROM A TAXICAB NOT OPERATED BY HIM, OR DESTROY A TAXI FARE CARD.

§ 9233. Charges, Fares When Permitted. Schedule of fares (taxi fares) may only be charged for the use of the taxicab is actually occupied by the passengers-for-hire, standing at the direction of the passengers-for-hire, or when occupied by parcels or baggages belonging to the pas…

§ 9234. Additional Passengers - Charges Thereof. No taxicab company, owner or driver who owns or controls a taxicab shall assess a fee for any additional passengers in the taxicab, provided all passengers are traveling as one party.

§ 9235. Additional Passengers - Conditional Pick-Up. Additional passengers shall not be picked up without the consent of all passengers-for-hire already in the taxicab. The fare for the additional passengers-for-hire shall be based upon a new taxi meter reading from the point of …

§ 9236. Use of Different Rates - Prohibited. No driver, owner or taxi company shall assess a taxi fare, no shall any driver, owner or taxi company adjust a taxi meter or any of its working parts to show a fare or a charge which is different from the fare or charges prescribed in …

§ 9237. Direct Route - Use of. Every taxicab driver shall follow the most direct or usually traveled route between the origin and destination of each trip.

§ 9238. Extra-Large Parcels, Objects - Charges For. The driver of a taxicab may charge a fee of one dollar ($1.00) for each extra-large parcel of any parcel requiring strenuous lifting on the part of the driver or the use of a rope or tie-down to secure its presence on or within …

§ 9239. Taxi Meter Requirements. No person shall operate a taxicab or permit a taxicab to be operated for the purpose of hire without first installing a taxi meter, inspected for accuracy and reflecting the current rates of fare as established under § 9231.…

§ 9240. Installation. The taxi meter shall be permanently situated on or against the center of the dashboard panel, connected to the transmission, by a speedometer cable in a manner approved by the Director. The charges or fare indication shall be clearly visible to the passenger…

§ 9241. Illumination. Adequate lighting facilities shall be provided for so illuminating the face of the taxi meter that the indications thereof may be conveniently read by the passenger, and the face of the taxi meter shall be so illuminated whenever the taxi meter is in operati…

§ 9242. Gearbox - Installation. All gear-reducing box or other parts required for the service operation of a taxi meter shall be permanently situated within the engine compartment of the taxicab, plainly visible for inspection and easily accessible for the application of security…

§ 9243. Security Seals - Provisions For. Adequate provisions shall be made for affixing lead-and-wire seals to a taxi meter and to other parts required for the service operation of a complete installation on a vehicle, so that no adjustments, alterations or replacements affecting…

§ 9244. Indications - Visibility of. Except when a taxi meter is being cleared, indications of fare and extras shall be clearly visible at all times and at least 10 mm high for the fare and 4 mm high for all other indications.

§ 9245. Reinspection. Whenever a taxi meter has been damaged, or repairs that might in any way affect the accuracy of its indications have been made, or any of the official security seals have been mutilated, such device shall not thereafter be used until it has been officially e…

§ 9246. Random Inspections. The Director or his representative may from time to time make random inspections of taxicabs and their equipment to assure compliance of all applicable rules and regulations. The verbal order or other orders of the Director or his representative to acc…

§ 9247. Taxi Meter Flag/Lever Employed. Except in any emergency, the taxi meter flag or lever-arm shall be activated (put in operation) whenever a passenger-for-hire is in the taxicab and the taxicab and the driver has begun his trip. No owner, taxi company or driver shall use or…

§ 9248. Vehicle Type. No vehicle shall be used as a taxicab or transportation-for-hire unless such vehicle is built for such purpose or is of a sedan type having a seating capacity of less than eight (8) passengers, exclusive of the driver. The vehicle must be equipped with at le…

§ 9249. Vehicle Condition. No vehicle shall be operated as a taxicab unless it is reasonably clean and safe inside, so as not to damage the person, clothing or possession of a passenger. The vehicle’s exterior shall be reasonably clean and essentially free from cracks, breaks and…

§ 9250. Driver’s Report - Taxicab Condition. Every operator, taxicab owner or taxi company shall require its driver to report and every driver shall prepare a report listing any mechanical defects or deficiencies of the vehicle discovered by him during his operation of the vehicl…

§ 9251. Unsafe Taxicab - Operation Prohibited. No taxicab owner or operator shall permit or require a driver nor shall any driver operate a taxicab which a reasonable inspection would reveal, or the report of the last driver revealed, to be hazardous or likely to result in mechan…

§ 9252. Proper Exits - Requirement. No person shall ride or be required to ride within the closed body of any motor vehicle unless there are means on the inside thereof of 21 COL9292016 obtaining exit. Said means shall be in such condition as to permit ready operation by the occu…

§ 9253. Periodic Safety Inspection. (a) No person shall operate no shall any owner permit the operation of or cause to be operated, any taxicab without first passing a safety inspection and obtaining safety decal. (b) Every person operating a taxicab or registered owner thereof s…

§ 9254. Safety Decal - Issuance Without Inspection. No person or safety inspector shall issue a safety inspection decal to a taxicab without first conducting a thorough vehicle safety inspection as prescribed by the Department and finding said taxicab to be in safe operating cond…

§ 9255. Damaged Vehicle - Prohibited Use of. No taxicab operator, company or owner shall permit or require a taxi driver to operate a taxicab which has been damaged in an accident or by other causes unless the taxicab has been safety inspected by a person qualified to ascertain t…

§ 9256. Safety Decal - Removal of. The Director shall cause the immediate removal of the safety inspection decal from a taxicab which was involved in an accident. The taxicab owner shall, prior to the operation of the taxicab, cause the taxicab to be safety inspected by an author…

§ 9257. License Plates - Removal of. The Director shall cause the immediate removal of the registration license plates from a taxicab which was involved in an accident, incurring extensive damage to its working parts and requiring the services of a tow truck to arrive at its dest…

§ 9258. Accident - Report To Director. Every taxicab owner shall report the involvement in an accident of a taxicab registered his name to the Director or his authorized representative. The Director shall review the accident report and determine if the accident’s occurrence was c…

§ 9259. Tire. (a) Every taxicab shall be equipped with tires of adequate capacity to support its gross weight. (b) No taxicab shall be operated on ties which have treads that have been worn smooth, showing no tread impression on any part of the tire, or which exposes any tread fa…

§ 9260. Lights - Requirement, Interior. Every taxicab shall be equipped with a light capable of illuminating the interior of the taxicab and controlled by the operation of the doors or 23 COL9292016 manually controlled by the driver. Dome Light every taxicab shall have, installed…

§ 9261. Electrical Wiring - Protection Required. Electrical wiring shall not be visible within the confines of the taxicab. Wiring shall be grouped together and protected by non-metallic tape, braid or other covering capable of withstanding severe abrasion or shall be protected b…

§ 9262. Fire Extinguisher - Requirement. Every taxicab shall be equipped with a portable fire extinguisher capable of putting out fire caused by gasoline, oil, paper, clothing materials, electrical and other fires which may occur from the daily operation of a motor vehicle. The f…

§ 9263. Speedometer/Odometer - Requirement. Every taxicab shall be equipped with a speedometer and an odometer properly installed and maintained in good working order. No taxicab shall be used in taxicab service while its speedometer or odometer is not properly working or has bee…

§ 9264. Engine Steam Cleaning - Requirement. Every taxicab’s engine compartment and engine parts thereof shall be steamed clean as well as all hoses and electrical so as to clearly expose any and all leakages of gas, oil and other fluid necessary in the operation of a motor vehic…

§ 9265. Tinting, Shades, Curtain Prohibited. No taxicab licensed under these Subchapters, shall be equipped with shades, tinting or curtains which may shield the occupants or the driver from observation outside the vehicle. 24 COL9292016…